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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Tetsu Morishima, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Shimakawa, Yokohama, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector comprises a first optical waveguide including a plurality of cores each extending along a first direction, the first optical waveguide having a first end face, wherein the cores are arranged on the first end face at positions except a position of a central axis of the first optical waveguide, and a first lens having a second end face and a third end face in the first direction, the first lens having an optical axis extending along the first direction. The first optical waveguide and the first lens are arranged so that the central axis of the first optical waveguide coincides with the optical axis of the first lens. The second end face is positioned facing the first end face, and the third end face extends along a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the first optical waveguide.